Harlech: The Castle Supplied From the Sea
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Harlech: The Castle Supplied From the Sea
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Edward I built Harlech between 1282 and 1289 on a rock close to the Irish Sea, with a water gate and a long flight of steps down to the shore so the castle could be supplied by sea under siege. It needed them: Madog ap Llywelyn besieged it in 1294–95, Owain Glyndŵr took it in 1404 and made it his headquarters until 1409, and the Lancastrians held it for seven years before the Yorkists forced its surrender in 1468, the siege remembered in 'Men of Harlech'. The sea has since pulled back, and the castle now stands above the dunes and the beach.
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of 4
Explore Harlech Castle, built by Edward I between 1282 and 1289, whose Lancastrian garrison held out from 1461 to 1468 — the siege remembered in 'Men of Harlech' — and which held out in the Civil War until 15 March 1647
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of 4
Walk down the Way from the Sea, the water gate through which supplies reached the castle during the 1294–95 siege
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of 4
Relax on Harlech Beach below the castle
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of 4
Look down from the castle over the Royal St David's links and the Morfa Harlech dunes
Explore Harlech Castle, built by Edward I between 1282 and 1289, whose Lancastrian garrison held out from 1461 to 1468 — the siege remembered in 'Men of Harlech' — and which held out in the Civil War until 15 March 1647
Walk down the Way from the Sea, the water gate through which supplies reached the castle during the 1294–95 siege
Relax on Harlech Beach below the castle
Look down from the castle over the Royal St David's links and the Morfa Harlech dunes
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